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By Devan Cole and Daniella Diaz, CNN Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger on Sunday placed blame on the Trump administration for the unfolding crisis in Afghanistan, saying its 2020 agreement with the Taliban sowed the seeds for the US’ turbulent exit from the country. “Let’s keep in mind, (former Secretary of State) Mike Pompeo met with

By Veronica Stracqualursi, Betsy Klein and Nikki Carvajal, CNN President Joe Biden said Sunday that “a number of changes” had been made in Kabul to ease the ability of Americans and Afghan allies to flee the country amid emerging threats, and admitted there are discussions about extending the August 31 deadline for US troops to

By Daniel Dale, Holmes Lybrand and Tara Subramaniam, CNN There’s been no shortage of fact-based criticism aimed at the Biden administration’s handling of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. But some of the criticism from former Trump administration officials has departed from the truth. In public statements this past week, former Vice President Mike Pence, former

By John Harwood, Kaitlan Collins and Kevin Liptak, CNN The Biden administration could potentially compel US airlines to help with transporting tens of thousands of Afghan evacuees as the US military struggles to manage the influx of people following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, according to a senior administration official. President Joe Biden is scheduled

By Barbara Starr, Oren Liebermann, Ellie Kaufman and Nicole Gaouette, CNN The US military is establishing “alternative routes” to Kabul airport because of a threat the terror group ISIS-K poses to the airport and its surroundings, as President Joe Biden met with senior officials Saturday to discuss the security situation in Afghanistan and counter-terrorism operations

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Sugarbush Resort in Vermont is preparing for a busy winter season, but looming over the effort to host hundreds of guests is the need to ramp up hiring — both domestic and foreign. Coming out of the winter months, employers prepared for staff to return and gear up for the busy

By Maeve Reston and Ethan Cohen, CNN California voters head to the polls on Tuesday to decide whether to recall Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. Millions of voters have already cast their ballots — all registered voters in the state were mailed one — and so far, Democrats have outpaced their registration advantage in the overwhelmingly

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN An unusual security breach of an election system in a rural Colorado county has set off a criminal investigation and prompted state authorities to sideline a Republican election official in a fresh display of how debunked claims of a stolen 2020 presidential election continue to resonate across the country. The saga

By Alex Rogers, CNN Former President Donald Trump will rally the faithful in Alabama on Saturday, a boon to Rep. Mo Brooks, his favored Senate candidate, who is behind in the money race there and struggling to attract some Republicans unnerved by his brand of slash-and-burn politics. This year, the six-term congressman helped lead the

By Zachary Cohen and Oren Liebermann, CNN US national security officials are working to account for more than 20 years worth of weapons provided to the Afghan military as images of Taliban fighters brandishing American-made rifles and riding in abandoned Humvees are raising concerns about what else was left behind. The Taliban’s newfound American arsenal

By Sara O’Brien and Paul LeBlanc, CNN A California judge ruled Friday that the costly and controversial 2020 ballot measure exempting firms like Uber and Lyft from having to classify their gig workers in the state as employees rather than as independent contractors is unconstitutional. Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart and Uber-owned Postmates bankrolled Proposition 22,

By Christina Carrega, CNN The Justice Department targeted more than 300 protesters by charging them with federal crimes for their roles during the civil unrest last summer after the murder of George Floyd, according to a new report from The Movement for Black Lives, a coalition of Black advocacy groups. The report found that more

By Oren Liebermann, CNN The US military used helicopters to evacuate a group of Americans from a hotel near Kabul’s airport, according to a Pentagon spokesman who provided new details about the mission that was first revealed by President Joe Biden in his speech on Friday. The 169 Americans were retrieved after another country informed

By Daniel Dale, CNN Defending the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, President Joe Biden said at the White House on Friday: “Look, let’s put this thing in perspective. What interest do we have in Afghanistan at this point, with al Qaeda gone? We went to Afghanistan for the express purpose of getting rid of

By Jeremy Herb, Lauren Fox, Priscilla Alvarez, Jennifer Hansler and Geneva Sands, CNN On Capitol Hill, congressional offices have transformed their constituent services into a desperate attempt to get vulnerable Afghans and US citizens into the Kabul airport. Nongovernmental groups and newly formed ad hoc volunteer organizations have worked around the clock to identify Afghans

By Holmes Lybrand and Tara Subramaniam, CNN The blame game over rising cases of Covid-19 continues along largely partisan lines, with Democrats attacking GOP governors who have banned measures like mask mandates and vaccine passports, and Republicans blaming the Biden administration’s border policy for the uptick in cases. The attacks heated up Thursday when Texas